jdckelly Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 What a mess, why can't football just be about turning up on a Saturday to support your local team. because the majority of the guys running football at a high level (ie club board members, FA's, UEFA and FIFA) are greedy bastards looking to line their pockets and don't give half a shit about the average fan beyond how much they can scam out of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Think this was my favourite bit: The £5m Ashley has pledged, ahead of Thursday’s payday, will be used to repay the £3m loan he forwarded the club late last year. He's getting his hooks further in by lending them more money to pay back the money he's already loaned them. If we weren't already in his clutches you would almost have to admire the fucking evil genius. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 What a mess, why can't football just be about turning up on a Saturday to support your local team. It can be to some but even that is criticised by others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Dare I say that part of the reason we're in this mess is because plenty hold that specific idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 What a mess, why can't football just be about turning up on a Saturday to support your local team. It can be to some but even that is criticised by others. Good point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I really hope we manage to get that top 10 finish this season, for Mike, its the least he deserves for making us a mainstay premier league side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Some see fans continuing to pump hundreds/thousands of pounds a year into the club as being a tacit endorsement of the way the club is being run. The club has proved that they can pretty much do what they want, treat the fans with both contempt and disdain in equal measure and the punters still keep coming back. Coming back for more, year after year, encourages them to continue running the club in this manner because there's no consequence, the fanbase are a living, breathing human punchbag and they'll continue to smash the shit out of it. And they're having their pockets lined for the privilege. I can understand the social side of things being an attraction but there comes a time when a line in the sand needs to be drawn and people need to vote with their feet if they want things to change. Keep on doing what you've always done and you'll keep on getting what you've always got. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 I just hope that at some point, enough is enough and the majority at least rap in their season tickets. If they still want to go to games, or pick and choose their games, then fine. But the club clearly takes the regular season ticket income for granted. Also, when supporters have paid their £500 hard earned for the season ticket, it is probably harder to justify staying away. Hopefully once they are going/paying game-to-game and if things don't improve, it'll be easier to stop going/stay away until the message hits home to the fat man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Like KI said I've no problem at all people going to games, but if people hate Ashley and complain about the way he runs it and still go, I don't get that. It's part of their lives. Sounds corny but it's true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuy_O Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Aye, it's like I understand both sides to it. If people fancy throwing their ticket permanently then fair do's, there's been enough s*** served up to more than justify that decision, but the others who persist and still go, well then ok. It's the club they support, the match is like oxygen to them. People just love going to watch Newcastle, no matter how terrible it's gotten (including Ashley haters). I'm not sure if a few low gates would affect Ashley but it's a fruitless debate anyway as it'll never happen. For every non renewal there's someone waiting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 For me, there hasn't been enough pressure placed on Ashley for a sustained period of time. The lads/lasses who ran SackPardew did it for long enough for the media to catch on and the same needs to apply with Cashley. Only, with this fat c*** it needs to be a bit more excessive. He won't be at half the games so it won't get to him half as much, or even at all. Not turning up to fixtures would be the last attempt for me. I don't believe in boycotting unless it is going to be done large-scale. For me the perfect protest would be to get everyone who is boycotting, not to go in the ground, but to go to the ground, and sing for the team from outside. Problem being, no c*** sings anyway these days. I know for a fact some will oppose me in my area of the ground, but I feel like I am in a "f***ed off" enough position now to not really give a kick in the c***. I will be singing anti-Ashley songs, whether people like it or not. I just need to think of some new songs... ( ) You cannot treat the fanbase like morons just because they choose to continue. In one sense it is defiance. The same way you cannot blame people for jacking it in. That too is defiance. Ashley needs to collectively be defied in one way. The right way, will unfortunately never be decided. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Looks like Rangers are screwed: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/what-mike-ashley-deal-really-5051682? They are completely fucked. Can't say we didn't warn them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 They are about to experience a new world of misery. Just hope some of their nutters (of which they have many) make it difficult for Ashley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 This could all go very wrong for and him and them. They really are not in a good financial position - piss off the one remaining thing that could be worth something (the fans) and I don't really see what is left of Rangers that is worth anything at all (apart from History and the ground). Ok, he is hardly in for a load of cash (relative to his wealth) and most of that seems to be in the name of SD anyway. The way this has come about really does not seem right at all. Sure it will all come to a head very soon and hope it does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Tickets at SJP are fairly low. The stadium is in the perfect location. The attendances won't drop drastically. They're only slightly lower now than when we where fighting for the league/CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I see the Premier League payments for last season have been publicised. We earned £13.5m last year for finishing 10th, if he pockets the £3.5m he earned from The King's compensation we only have to drop to 13th this season to only earn £9.8m so that £3.5m is lost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Thanks Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Cynical fucks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 @lee_ryder: #nufc have frozen season ticket prices for next season and reduced young person's season ticket prices Strange announcement to make now because the prices are already frozen for those on the 10/9/8 year etc schemes who have to renew this week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sell 'em cheap, and stack 'em high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Make it more about the passive day out craic than about the football. Makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Sell 'em cheap, and stack 'em high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11788/9684467/sfa-sets-march-dates-for-rangers-and-mike-ashley-hearings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matt Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Sell 'em cheap, and stack 'em high. Yep, same as any of his businesses. Unfortunately, lessons from SD show that he is likely to be right and the stadium will still be filled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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